Structural member



Oct. 23, 1934. E. w. COLEMAN STRUCTURAL MEMBER Filed Aug. 8. 1931 grwmtov 1:" Imer )A Coleman Patented Oct. 23, 1934 STRUCTURAL MEMBER Elmer W. Coleman, Jamestown, N. Y., assignor to Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company,

Jamestown..

N. Y., a corporation of New York.4 Application August 8, 1931, Serial No. 555,926 1 clam. (ol. isa-38) This invention relates to an improvement in a structural member and more particularly to an arrangement formed by uniting standard structural sections.

The preferred embodiment of this invention. as shown in the drawing. discloses several methods by which to provide structural -support through the use of a pair of angle elements which are reversely disposed with respect to each other and which, when brought into contact, are united by welding. or any other suitable means to form a member having great resistance to all lateral and longitudinal forces incidentfto structures of the type in which this member is used.

` The principal object of the invention is to provide a structural member comprisinga pair of angle elements which are welded or.otherwise lsuitably joined to form a post-like member having great resistance to all lateral and longitudinal forces.

Another object of the invention lies in the provision of a structural member comprising a pair of reversely disposed standard angle elements which are welded or otherwise suitably Joined to form a support having great resistance to building stresses.

A further object 'of the invention lies in the provision of a structural element comprising a pair of reversely disposed angle elements which are joined together by welding or in any other suitable manner.

A still further object of the invention lies in the provision of a structural member comprising a pair of reversely disposed angle elements joined together at the heels so that the reversely disposed anges lie substantially in the same lane.

p Another and further object of 'the invention lies in the provision of a structural member comprising a pair oi' angle elements which are beveled at the heels and joined together along the beveled faces in any suitable manner as by welding.

Other and further objects of the invention will be more clearly understood from a consideration of the following specification which is taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the structural member showing one method of joining two angle elements together;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of a pair of angle elements before the heels are beveled;

Fig. 3 represents a. sectional plan View oi the angle elements, showing the beveled edges formed on the heels: e

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view showing the angle elements civ-"Figure 3 united to form a structural member; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, showing a modiiication of the structure shown` in Figure 1, the angle elements being oil'set to provide contactins faces.

Referring to Figures 1 to 4 of the drawing, the 65 structural member therein disclosed, which will be generally indicated by the reference numeral l0, is shown to consist of a pair of angle elements 11 and 12, element 11 having flanges -13 and 14 and element 12 having flanges 16 and 1,7. 70 Flanges 13 and 14 intersect to form a longitudinal heel 18 on the element 11 and a similar heel 19 formed by the intersecting anges 16 and 17 on the element 12. Heels 18 and 19 are beveled of! to form surfaces 21 which are at an angle to 75 flanges 13, 14 and 16, 17.

As shown in Figure 3, the faces 21 ofthe elements 11 and 12 are brought together and united in any suitable manner, as by welding. One proposed method of joining the angles together is shown. in Figure 1, where the adhesive medium is applied along the line .of intersection formed by adjacent flanges of the elements 1l and 12. The adhesive may consist of a fillet of metal 22 aro welded or brazed in the corner. Another method of Joining the elements together is to produce a continuous resistance weld between the .two faces 2l of the elements 11 and 12.

The modification shown in Figure 5 of the drawing, provides a somewhat simpler method of producing a` structural member substantially star-shaped in cross section. In this instance the member 24 is comprised of reversely disposed angle elements 2 5 and 26. The heels or outside angles 27 and 28, ofthe elements 25 and 26 re- 951 spectively', are overlapped suiiicient to cause flanges 29 and 30 to lie in the same plane. Flanges 31 and 32 will thus lie slightly out of the same plane with respect to each other. As in the above described modification, the contacting surfaces are permanently joined together through the use of an adhesive of fillet of metal 33. arc welded or brazed in the corner, or through the use of a continuous resistance Weld between the contacting portions of the heels 27 and 28.

Although applicant has shown and described equal angle elements, itis obvious that the length of the flanges, length of the elements or the purpose of the structural member, may be modified as deemed advisable without departing from the 11G spirit and scope of the invention; ns set forth in versely directed standard angle elements, related the hereunto annexed claim. face portions formed on the outside angle of each Having thus set forth my invention what I o! said elements, said elements when joined claim as new andl for which I desire protection along seid foce portions producingI s. support by Letters Patent is: having pairs of opposed co-planar-tianges.

A structural support comprising e. pair o! re- ELMER W. COLEMAN. 

